Hat-protector.



L. WENER HAT PBOT APPLICATION FILED IAY 7, 1910.

ROTOR.

Patented Sept. 10, 1912.

I "IVE/(TOR Louis Wener WI TNESSES COLUMBIA PLQNOGRAPH cc., WASHINGTON,I) v c.

LOUIS WENER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAT-PROTECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 10, 1912.

' Application filed May 7, 1910. Serial No. 559,987.

To all whom it may concern: v

Be it known that I, LOU IS \VENER, a British subject, residing in thecity and State of New Yorkyhave invented certain Improve ments inHat-Protectors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improve-' ments in that class of hatprotectors which are especially designed and adapted to be worn overmens hats in such position as to afford effective protection not only ofthe hat, but also of the head and neck of the wearer against rain, andthe object of the invention is to provide a device of this generalcharacter of; asimple and comparatively inexpensive nature havingcertain features of novelty and improvement whereby the de-- vice iscaused to accommodate itself to the hat and head of the wearer and atthe same time is capable of being folded insuch a compact form'as willpermit itto be conveniently carried about, as inthe pocket,

for example.

The invention consists in certain novel features of the construction,and combinations and arrangements of the several parts of the improvedhat protector, whereby certain important advantages are attained, andthe device is rendered simpler, less expensive, and otherwise betteradapted and more convenient for use, all as will be hereinafter fullyset forth.

The novel features of the invention will be carefully defined in theclaims.

In order that my invention may be the better understood, I will nowproceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanyingdrawings, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a hat protectorconstructed according to my invention as the same appears when appliedto a hat for use; Fig. 2 is a view showing the improved hat protectordetached from the hat and flattened down, and Fig. 3 is a fragmentaryview drawn to an enlarged scale and showing a feature of construction tobe hereinafter referred to.

As shown in these views the improved hat protector is constructed fromthin flexible waterproofed fabric with a narrow elongated strip 1secured to and extended around its lower edge portion and adapted to bepassed around the outer surface of the upturned coat collar, asindicated in Fig. 1, in such a manner as to prevent effectually theentry of water within such coat collar when the protector is applied inposition for use. This narrow strip or collar portion 1 is of suchlength that its extremities 2 and 4 project beyond the body portion ofthe protector in position to be passed beneath the wearers chin, and oneof these project- 'ing end portions, as 4, is provided with a button 3engageable with a button hole produced in the'other end portion so thatthe device may be securely fastened when worn. Above said collar portion1, the improved protector has an intermediate member or portion 5,herein shown as formed from two correspondingly shaped pieces of thinwaterproof fabric stitched or otherwise joined together as shown at 6 ina vertical direct-ion at the rear central partofthe device, said twopieces being so shaped as to permit said intermediate member or portion5 to be ex tended up around thelateral and posterior sides of the neckand headof the wearer while leaving the face exposed, and being soflared at their upper parts that said member or portion 5 may havesufficient fullness to permit it to be extended over the projecting brimof the hat as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

7 represents a crownport-ion or member, also formed from suitably shapedpieces or sections of waterproof fabric of a thin flexible nature, thepieces or sections whereof the same is formed being suitably shaped topermit said member or portion 7 to fit neatly over the crown of the hatworn beneath the protector, and being joined along their lower edgeportions as indicated at 8 upon the drawings, with the upper flarededges of the I intermediate member or portion 5, so that such water asmayv fall upon the crown of the hat is prevented from wetting the sameand is shed from such crown portion or member and caused to run downoutside the intermediate portion 5 and is delivered by the collarportion 1 outside of the wearers coat.

9 represents a peak or vizor of a well known curved form which isextended around the forward side of the crown member or portion 7 of theimproved hat protector, being joined as shown at 10 to the lower edgeportion of said crown member at the forward part thereof and being soshaped as to be adapted to extend forwardly therefrom over theprojecting forward part of the hat brim over which the improvedprotector is worn. By preference, as shown in the drawings, in order toafford a neat appearance to the protector, the joint at 10 between thecrown member 7 and said vizor 9 is slightly above the jointat 8 betweensaid crown member and the intermediate member 5, so that the forwardpart of the crown member 7 is caused to fit down snugly over the forwardpart of the hat crown, while at the same time said peak or vizor 9 iscaused to extend forwardly across the forward part of the hat brim so asto shed the water effectively therefrom and prevent the same fromcollecting inside the upturned edge of the hat brim. The peak 01 vizor 9is also formed from thin waterproof and flexible fabric. similar to thatemployed for the remaining parts of the device, and for affordingincreased strength, .the extremities of said peak or vizor are lappedbeneath and secured upon the inner sides of the pieces from whichtheintermediatememher 5 is formed, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3 of thedrawings at 11, while each edge of the said intermediate member 5,at'the opposite sides of the opening whereat the face of the wearer isexposed, is provided with a narrow binding 12 extended along its in nersurface with its upper extremity lapped inside of and secured to theextremity of the peak or vizor 9 and also to the crown member 7 abovethe same.

The improved hat protector constructed according to my inventlon is ofanextreme'ly simple and comparatively inexpensive na-;; ture, and isparticularly well adapted for use 1 in connection with waterproof coatsof craveneted fabric, being of such a thin flexible nature as to permitof being compactly? folded and carried in the pocket when not; requiredfor use, and being capable of ready application over the hat in positionto protest the head and neck of the wearer with-} out presenting anunsightly appearance. 1 When worn with such coats, the coatsconveniently be provided with a speciali pocket wherein the device maybe carried when not desired for use.

It will also be obvious from the above description that the improved hatprotector constructed according to my invention is susceptible ofconsiderable change without;

material departure from the rinciples and spirit of the invention, andor this reason I do not desire to be understood as limiting myself tothe precise formation and arrangement of the several parts of the deviceherein .set forth in carrying out my invention in practice.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is A collapsible hat protector formed of thinwaterproofed fabric, and having an elongated collar portion adapted tobe passed about the coat collar of the wearer, the extremities of thecollar portion being adapted to overlap, when the device is in operativeposition, such overlapping portion being provided with cooperatingfastening means for securing the device in position, an intermediatemember joined to said collar portion, and adapted to be extendedupwardly therefrom about the lateral and posterior sides of the wearershead and open at its forward side to expose the face of the wearer, acrown portion joined to the upper part of said intermediate portion andadapted to be extended over the crown of the hat, a vizor formed fromflexible material joined to the inner surface of the forward part of thecrown portion above the junction of the intermediate member and thecrown portion, and adapted to be extended across the forward part of thehat brim, and having its end portions extended and secured to theintermediate member and to the crown portion, and binding strips securedalong the edges of the intermediate member at the opening in the forwardpart thereof, and being of a width to extend a distance inwardly of theintermediate member, said binding strips overlapping the extended endportions of the vizor and being secured to said extended portions and tothe crown.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

LOUIS WVENER. \Vitnesses:

.J. L. .CAPLINGER,

E. LAWSON.

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